Pregnancy

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For Virginia couple Arkell and Dana Griffin-Graves, having a baby was a trying feat that resulted in several miscarriages and the birth of a stillborn baby. But after 17 years of marriage, the couple is now celebrating the upcoming birth of their son. And in a new viral moment that has literally made the internet world weep, […]

Actress Tamera Mowry-Housley and her husband Adam Housley welcomed a new bundle of joy into the world yesterday. Housley, who is a Fox News correspondent, took to Twitter to share the news that Tamera gave birth to a baby girl, who they named Ariah Talea Housley. “We are so blessed and excited right now,” he tweeted. “Ariah […]

Many of the schoolgirls who escaped the wrath of Boko Haram are now facing backlash within their own communities, CNN reports. Nearly 300 Nigerian schoolgirls were kidnapped by the Islamic militant group in April 2014, prompting a worldwide campaign to bring them back to their families. After it was reported earlier this year that Nigeria helped rescue over 700 […]

WNBA stars Brittney Griner and Glory Johnson-Griner have a lot to celebrate in the coming year, and it’s not their recent nuptials or the upcoming basketball season. Johnson-Griner hinted on Instagram that she was expecting a child – and her team, the Tulsa Shock, confirmed the news Thursday. The big announcement came on the eve […]

A Barstow, California police officer is under fire after body camera shows him brutally wrestling a Black woman to the ground when she was eight months pregnant, CNN reports. The incident occurred in January when the pregnant woman, Charlena Michelle Cooks, 29, of Barstow, was brutally arrested on a charge of resisting arrest after she […]

Imagine finding out you’re expecting, even though you weren’t trying to conceive. That’s a surprise in itself. But imagine finding out a bundle of joy is on the way eight months into the pregnancy. Now that’s an entirely different kind of surprise. That’s exactly what happened to North Hollywood, Calif. resident Abby Wake, who dismissed […]

More than 200 girls rescued recently from Boko Haram militants in northeastern Nigeria are feared to be pregnant amid reports of widespread rape and sexual abuse by the terrorist group, according to Australia’s News.com. About 275 women and children were brought to a camp over the weekend, following a Nigerian military operation to free them […]

For years, 38-year-old La-Sonya Mitchell-Clark of Youngstown, Ohio longed to meet her biological mother after learning of her adoption, according to ABC’s Good Morning America. So when the Ohio Department of Health released birth records last month for infants born between Jan. 1, 1964 and Sept. 18, 1996, she began her search in a heartrending […]

Here’s some good news. Not too long ago, news of a father who would be raising quadruplets on his own after his wife died during childbirth hit the internet. When the world got wind of the tragic story, people became determined to help Carlos Morales and now, over $310,000 has been raised for him and his family. TIME reports: Although […]

For an Arizona father, what he first described as the “best day” of his life quickly took a turn for the worse when his wife died of blood loss during childbirth on Jan. 16. Now, 29-year-old Carlos Morales is journeying into fatherhood without the love of his life and gearing up to care for his quadruplet […]

Dr. Nia Banks joined Roland Martin on “NewsOne Now” for this week’s edition of Fit!Live!Win! to discuss the increasing numbers of Black women having plastic surgery and to demystify plastic surgery in the African American community. Banks said that most plastic surgeons are not there to “make you a caricature of a woman.” She said, ” We’re […]